NJ native Mike Trout at home among elite

12:03 AM,
Jul. 16, 2013

Written by

Josh Friedman
New Jersey Press Media

Unlike last year's Major League Baseball All-Star Game when he had to wait to get into the game, the Los Angeles Angels outfielder will be the first player in the batter's box at tonight's game at Citi Field in New York after American League manager Jim Leyland announced the Millville, N.J., native would lead off and play left field for the AL.

"Last year I knew I was going to get in, but (those) anxious moments before that, you were wondering when you were going to come in," Trout said as he sat in the dugout at Kauffman Stadium during last year's ...